Basic Details
Surname
Thicknese
Forenames
John Audley
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative surname
Thicknesse
Served or died
Died
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 'Late of Minster Precincts'. It misspells his surname as Thicknese; it was actually Thicknesse.

(CWGC records that Lieutenant Colonel John Audley Thicknesse died aged 46 on 1/7/1916 Commanding the 1st Battalion of the Somerset Light Infantry, and is buried in grave I.H.15 at Sucrerie Military Cemetery at Colincamps, France. They record him as a native of Middleton Cheney, the son of the Right Reverend Dr F.H. Thicknesse D.D., late Bishop of Leicester, and his wife Anne Thicknesse; and as the husband of Phyllis Margaret Thicknesse of Bishop's Hull, near Taunton. They record that he also served on the North-West Frontier of India and in the South African War. When John married Phyllis Margaret Woodcock in Cuckfield parish church on 38/9/1897, his father was recorded in the Register Francis Henry Thicknesse, Bishop of Leicester. On the 1911 Census Francis was staying in the Minster Precincts of Peterborough Cathedral, of which he was a Residentiary Canon; his son John did not himself live in the Precincts).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Somerset Light Infantry
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Lieut Colonel
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Not stated
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1916
Month of death
July
Day of death
1
Manner of death as stated
Killed in action on the Somme
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
LATE OF MINSTER Precincts
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial